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(No Model.)

W. BAYNES. CLOTHES POUNDER.

No. 390,744. Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

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\VILLIAM BAYNES, OF JASPER, MISSOURI.

CLQTHES-POUNDER.

.BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,744, dated October9, 1888.

Application filed February 17,1888. Serial No. 264,321. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BAYNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jasper, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Dashers for Oh urns andWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vertically-reciprocatingdashers, such as are used in washing-machines and churns; and itconsists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side view of a dasher embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is areversed plan of the dasher. Fig. 4 is a side view of a modification ofthe deflector-plate.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the dasher, and B thehandle thereof. The dasher A consists of the hollow cone 0, made,preferably, of sheet metal and having the reversed conical partition orseptum D secured therewithin by its rim, at about onethird of the heightof said cone abov the base thereof, and the central verticalsleeve-socket, l closed at its lower end, which adjoins the apex of theseptum D, and extending a sufficient distance at 0 above the apex of thecone 0. The lower end of the handle or dasherstaff B fits snugly in saidsleeve-socket, and is rendered vertically adjustable therein by means ofthe set screw 7), that passes through a tapped opening, I), in a boss onthe extension 0, and impinges on the handle within.

F F are brace-rods, preferably four in numher and equidistant, thatconnect the extension e and the exterior of the cone 0, so as to stayand stiffen the latter.

G G are four vertical equidistant tubes that rise from the septum D,midway between the brace-rods F, and pass through the cone 0, and riseto a suitable height thereabove,which is at a height of about the pointsof junction of the brace-rods with the extension 0. The said tubes openthrough the septum, through the orifices g, and at their upper ends havethe upwardly-closing valves H, each of that the deflector is renderedvertically adjustable on the handle by said springs.

Fig. 4 shows a set-screw, K, used as a substitute for the springs toadjust the deflector vertically on the handle.

L L are guard-rods crossed at right angles within the cone 0, below theseptum D, and extending between the orifices g.

The operation of the dasher is as follows: When moved downward, theguard-rods L prevent the clothes from rising within the cone andstopping the orifices g of the tubes G, and the valves H are closed, sothat the air in the cone is forced through the clothes as the dasherdescends, and the water is agitated and moved downward in the web,thereby rushing back through the web as the dasher ascends. When thedasher asceuds,the valves H open, relieving the cone from the downwardair-pressure that otherwise would resist the lifting of the dasher. Thedasher thus, when descending, compresses the air and drives the samethrough the clothing, and when ascending the valves open to relieve theair-pressure. The adjustable deflector-plate throws the water laterallywhen the dasher descends and prevents it from splashing out of thereceptacle or suds-box.

The spring-catches J and set-screws K may both be, used, as they willmutually aid each other, and the one would act if the other were brokenor misplaced.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with a dasherprovided with a vertical socket, E, of the vertically-adjustable handleB, stepped in the socket E, and held at the desired adjustment by thesetscrew 1), the vertically-adjustable deflector I,

In testimony thatI eluini the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

(110 B, and the spring-0utc11es J' J, attached at provided with thesleeve i, sliding; on thehantheir lower ends to the deflector, and pro-I vided at their upper ends with the inturned WILLIAM HAYNES. 5 points jj, which bite on the handle B and "Witnesses:

lock the deflector in place, substantially as J. H. CANNON,

specified. l J. T. XVALLAR.

